title: Cardiac resynchronization therapy in acute pulmonary edema: A case report.
abstract: We are reporting a case of 71-year old lady with a dual chamber demand pacemaker, who developed acute pulmonary edema due to an acute left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and worsening in mitral valve regurgitation after atrioventricular nodal ablation for uncontrolled atrial fibrillation. This was attributed to right ventricular apical pacing leading to LV dyssynchronization. Patient dramatically improved within 12-24 h after upgrading her single chamber pacemaker to biventricular pacing. Our case demonstrates that biventricular pacing can be an effective modality of treatment of acute congestive heart failure. In particular, it can be used when it is secondary to LV dysfunction and severe mitral regurgitation attributed to significant dyssynchrony created by right ventricular pacing in patients with atrioventricular nodal ablation for chronic atrial fibrillation.
authors.affiliation: Emad A Barsoum, Deepak Asti, Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, New York, NY 10305, United States.
authors.forename: Emad A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Barsoum
authors.forename: Tariq
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Asti
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vazzana
keywords: Acute congestive heart failure; Cardiac biventricular pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker; Pacing